Japan's 7.6-magnitude earthquake has killed 6 people and the fuel pool of the nuclear power plant has overflowed. As a result of the earthquake, water overflowed in the fuel pools of several nuclear power plants, including the Shiga Nuclear Power Plant. The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning for Niigata, Toyama, and Ishikawa prefectures. The tremors were also felt in Tokyo. There may be another earthquake with a seismic intensity of about 7 in Japan.
Air, road and rail transportation remained disrupted mainly in the Hokuriku region on Jan. 2, a day after a series of earthquakes pounded the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Six of 15 locations with nuclear power plants, excluding those in Fukushima Prefecture, have not compiled sufficient emergency plans, including wide-area evacuations, in the event of a serious accident.
Heavy snow in coastal cities from Dec. 19 through Dec. 20 northwest of Tokyo has stranded hundreds of vehicles overnight on highways while disrupting local train services and causing electrical outages.
Japanese expressway littered with vehicles after 134-car pileup amid blizzard
Blinding, wind-driven snow is the suspected cause of a deadly accident on an expressway in northern Japan that involved at least 134 vehicles.
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Cars are stuck on the snowy Tohoku Expressway in Osaki city, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, after a multiple car accident, Tuesday, Jan. 19. 2021. Author: Adam Douty (AccuWeather) Updated: 2:18 PM EST January 19, 2021
Blinding, wind-driven snow is the suspected cause of a deadly accident on an expressway in northern Japan that involved at least 134 vehicles.
The accident occurred around midday on Tuesday on the Tohoku Expressway in Miyagi prefecture, which is located about 20 miles (32 km) to the north of the city of Sendai. Initial reports from local media indicated that the accident involved more than 134 vehicles carrying about 200 people.